Mark | Date Date | Title Title | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. 93 | 26 Feb 2019 |
Why don’t more girls choose to pursue a science career?
When new PISA data are published, many researchers around the world analyse them with the aim of shedding light on all sorts of questions. One question in search of an answer: why are women under-represented in science, technology, engineering and... |
|||
No. 58 | 09 Dec 2015 |
Who wants to become a teacher?
Across OECD countries, 5% of students expect to work as teachers: 3% of boys and 6% of girls. The academic profile of students who expect to work as teachers varies, but in many OECD countries,students who expect to work as teachers have poorer... |
|||
No. 60 | 10 Feb 2016 |
Who are the low-performing students?
No country or economy participating in PISA 2012 can claim that all of its 15-year-old students have achieved basic proficiency skills in mathematics, reading and science. Some 28% of students score below the baseline level of proficiency in at least... |
|||
No. 55 | 15 Sept 2015 |
Who are the best online readers?
The top-performing country in the PISA assessment of digital reading was Singapore, followed by Korea, Hong Kong-China, Japan, Canada and Shanghai-China. Students in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Korea, Singapore and the United States show the most... |
|||
No. 31 | 01 Sept 2013 |
Who are the Academic All-rounders?
On average across OECD countries, around 4% of students are top performers in reading, mathematics and science (all-rounders). Australia, Finland, Hong Kong-China, Japan, New Zealand, Shanghai-China and Singapore have larger proportions of these... |
|||
No. 34 | 01 Nov 2013 |
Who Are the Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education?
Strong performers and successful reformers in education share some key characteristics: a belief in the potential of all their students, strong political will, and the capacity of all stakeholders to make sustained and concerted efforts towards... |
|||
No. 35 | 01 Jan 2014 |
Who Are the School Truants?
Across OECD countries, 18% of students skipped classes at least once in the two weeks prior to the PISA test, and 15% of students skipped a day of school or more over the same period. Few students in high-performing school systems skip classes or... |
|||
No. 103 | 28 Jan 2020 |
Where did reading proficiency improve over time?
Evolving technologies have changed the ways people read and exchange information, whether at home, at school or in the workplace. When PISA assessed 15-year-olds’ reading literacy for the first time, in 2000, only in two countries – Canada and Norway... |
|||
No. 68 | 31 Jan 2017 |
Where did equity in education improve over the past decade?
The persistence of social inequities in education – the fact that children of wealthy and highly educated parents tend to do better in school than children from less privileged families – is often seen as a difficult-to-reverse feature of education... |
|||
No. 42 | 01 Aug 2014 |
When is Competition Between Schools Beneficial?
In most school systems, over 50% of 15-year-olds students attend schools that compete with another school to attract students from the same residential area. Across countries and economies, performance is unrelated to whether or not schools have to... |
|||
No. 6 | 01 Jul 2011 |
When Students Repeat Grades or Are Transferred Out of School
School systems handle the challenges of diverse student populations in different ways. Some countries have non-selective and comprehensive school systems that seek to provide all students with similar opportunities, leaving it to individual schools... |
|||
No. 84 | 15 May 2018 |
What kinds of activities are common among teenagers who work well with others?
Schools are not just four walls inside of which students learn how to read, write and think. Schools provide a venue where young people meet each other, and where they develop relationships and friendships that may last for decades. At school,... |
|||
No. 69 | 27 Feb 2017 |
What kind of careers in science do 15-year-old boys and girls expect for themselves?
On average across OECD countries, almost one in four students – whether boy or girl – expects to work in an occupation that requires further science training beyond compulsory education. This brief highlights the kinds of science careers 15-year-olds... |
|||
No. 70 | 21 Mar 2017 |
What do we know about teachers’ selection and professional development in high-performing countries?
High-performing countries use various mechanisms to select the best candidates to the teaching profession. In Finland, Hong-Kong (China), Macao (China) and Chinese Taipei, students who wish to enter teacher-training programmes must pass a competitive... |
|||
No. 81 | 07 Feb 2018 |
What do science teachers find most satisfying about their work?
Teachers play a vital role in the lives of their students. They impart knowledge, provide pastoral care, act as role models and, above all, create an environment that’s conducive to learning. But teaching is fraught with numerous challenges that... |
|||
No. 51 | 01 May 2015 |
What do parents look for in their child's school?
When choosing a school for their child, parents in all participating countries value academic achievement highly; but they are often even more concerned about the safety and environment of the school and the school’s reputation. The children of... |
|||
No. 72 | 24 May 2017 |
What do 15-year-olds really know about money?
Globalisation and digital technologies have made financial services and products more widely accessible and at the same time more complex to handle. Responsibility for investing in higher education or planning for retirement is increasingly assumed... |
|||
No. 121 | 28 Apr 2023 |
What can we learn from the PISA reading-fluency test?
Proficient readers use and engage with a variety of texts, including books, online articles and social media. They can find information, understand the literal and the implied meaning, and reflect critically on content and form. But before students... |
|||
No. 117 | 26 Apr 2022 |
What can we do to ensure a level playing field for all students?
Many education systems aim to provide learning opportunities to all students regardless of their backgrounds in order for them to realise their potential. Education systems are expected to break down barriers to social mobility. However, too often,... |
|||
No. 28 | 01 May 2013 |
What Makes Urban Schools Different?
In most countries and economies, students who attend schools in urban areas tend to perform at higher levels than other students. Socio-economic status explains only part of the performance difference between students who attend urban schools and... |
PISA in Focus
English Also available in: French
- ISSN: 22260919 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/22260919
1 - 20 of 123 results
Why don’t more girls choose to pursue a science career?
Tarek Mostafa
26 Feb 2019
When new PISA data are published, many researchers around the world analyse them with the aim of shedding light on all sorts of questions. One question in search of an answer: why are women under-represented in science, technology, engineering and...
Who wants to become a teacher?
OECD
09 Dec 2015
Across OECD countries, 5% of students expect to work as teachers: 3% of boys and 6% of girls. The academic profile of students who expect to work as teachers varies, but in many OECD countries,students who expect to work as teachers have poorer...
Who are the low-performing students?
OECD
10 Feb 2016
No country or economy participating in PISA 2012 can claim that all of its 15-year-old students have achieved basic proficiency skills in mathematics, reading and science. Some 28% of students score below the baseline level of proficiency in at least...
Who are the best online readers?
OECD
15 Sept 2015
The top-performing country in the PISA assessment of digital reading was Singapore, followed by Korea, Hong Kong-China, Japan, Canada and Shanghai-China. Students in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Korea, Singapore and the United States show the most...
Who are the Academic All-rounders?
OECD
01 Sept 2013
On average across OECD countries, around 4% of students are top performers in reading, mathematics and science (all-rounders). Australia, Finland, Hong Kong-China, Japan, New Zealand, Shanghai-China and Singapore have larger proportions of these...
Who Are the Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education?
OECD
01 Nov 2013
Strong performers and successful reformers in education share some key characteristics: a belief in the potential of all their students, strong political will, and the capacity of all stakeholders to make sustained and concerted efforts towards...
Who Are the School Truants?
OECD
01 Jan 2014
Across OECD countries, 18% of students skipped classes at least once in the two weeks prior to the PISA test, and 15% of students skipped a day of school or more over the same period. Few students in high-performing school systems skip classes or...
Where did reading proficiency improve over time?
Francesco Avvisati
28 Jan 2020
Evolving technologies have changed the ways people read and exchange information, whether at home, at school or in the workplace. When PISA assessed 15-year-olds’ reading literacy for the first time, in 2000, only in two countries – Canada and Norway...
Where did equity in education improve over the past decade?
OECD
31 Jan 2017
The persistence of social inequities in education – the fact that children of wealthy and highly educated parents tend to do better in school than children from less privileged families – is often seen as a difficult-to-reverse feature of education...
When is Competition Between Schools Beneficial?
OECD
01 Aug 2014
In most school systems, over 50% of 15-year-olds students attend schools that compete with another school to attract students from the same residential area. Across countries and economies, performance is unrelated to whether or not schools have to...
When Students Repeat Grades or Are Transferred Out of School
OECD
01 Jul 2011
School systems handle the challenges of diverse student populations in different ways. Some countries have non-selective and comprehensive school systems that seek to provide all students with similar opportunities, leaving it to individual schools...
What kinds of activities are common among teenagers who work well with others?
Jeffrey Mo
15 May 2018
Schools are not just four walls inside of which students learn how to read, write and think. Schools provide a venue where young people meet each other, and where they develop relationships and friendships that may last for decades. At school,...
What kind of careers in science do 15-year-old boys and girls expect for themselves?
OECD
27 Feb 2017
On average across OECD countries, almost one in four students – whether boy or girl – expects to work in an occupation that requires further science training beyond compulsory education. This brief highlights the kinds of science careers 15-year-olds...
What do we know about teachers’ selection and professional development in high-performing countries?
OECD
21 Mar 2017
High-performing countries use various mechanisms to select the best candidates to the teaching profession. In Finland, Hong-Kong (China), Macao (China) and Chinese Taipei, students who wish to enter teacher-training programmes must pass a competitive...
What do science teachers find most satisfying about their work?
Tarek Mostafa
07 Feb 2018
Teachers play a vital role in the lives of their students. They impart knowledge, provide pastoral care, act as role models and, above all, create an environment that’s conducive to learning. But teaching is fraught with numerous challenges that...
What do parents look for in their child's school?
OECD
01 May 2015
When choosing a school for their child, parents in all participating countries value academic achievement highly; but they are often even more concerned about the safety and environment of the school and the school’s reputation. The children of...
What do 15-year-olds really know about money?
OECD
24 May 2017
Globalisation and digital technologies have made financial services and products more widely accessible and at the same time more complex to handle. Responsibility for investing in higher education or planning for retirement is increasingly assumed...
What can we learn from the PISA reading-fluency test?
Francesco Avvisati
28 Apr 2023
Proficient readers use and engage with a variety of texts, including books, online articles and social media. They can find information, understand the literal and the implied meaning, and reflect critically on content and form. But before students...
What can we do to ensure a level playing field for all students?
Miyako Ikeda
26 Apr 2022
Many education systems aim to provide learning opportunities to all students regardless of their backgrounds in order for them to realise their potential. Education systems are expected to break down barriers to social mobility. However, too often,...
What Makes Urban Schools Different?
OECD
01 May 2013
In most countries and economies, students who attend schools in urban areas tend to perform at higher levels than other students. Socio-economic status explains only part of the performance difference between students who attend urban schools and...